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From: Caleb Malchik <cmalchik@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:57:36 +0000
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Subject: Re: [9front] 9front FQA 4.2, bootable installation media
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X-Bullshit: callback reduce/map base dependency control 

I can confirm that simply copying the ISO to a drive with dd works.
This should definitely be in the FQA, as the current method for Linux
depends on makebootfat, which can be annoying to obtain.

Caleb

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM,  <sl@stanleylieber.com> wrote:
>> i wonder why they tried to compile them... should all be on the iso
>> already: /386/^(9bootfat mbr pbs)
>
> Admittedly, the instructions are confusing. Comprises a lightly modified
> version of what was originally added to the old Google Code wiki by [??].
>
> sl